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velvetgreen Samba Member

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Busryder Samba SuperHero

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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EDIT: | rpattee wrote: | | tanhis wrote: |
@bugrun mantorp sweden 2011 |
Any more photos or information on this? It's pretty cool. | (/EDIT)
Listed in the Gallery as "Military Observation Bus":
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?...t_dir=DESC
I wrote a rather lengthy research paper on the "Utilitarianism" of the Early Volkswagen Transporter/Bus designers/engineers while I was at UC. In one section, I used both of the above buses (as well as the military radio/communications buses, drawing a vague 'weaponization' connection), to illustrate the plasticity of the Transporter line of VW products.
It was a 'multi-media project that was posted to the UC's website.... but it must no longer be up because my bookmarks don't work anymore. Bummer that I don't have a working file of the finished project, as that's the only piece of writing/work that I do not have archived.  _________________
| Lind wrote: | | Apparently I was just the lucky asshole that showed up at the right time. |
I am a Dick, hear me roar-
Me, an OVP Lifer...
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Busryder Samba SuperHero

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Velve.... this is very irritating, the link has been dead since the OP of the add deactivated it, meaning that when you link to an actual AD, instead of the URL of a specific image in the ad, your hotlink dies later. This is what is irritating to me, and I am sure to others that hit the links like this that you post.
Don't get me wrong, Velve, it's just that the link is dead.... that's all. Look at what I do with the next post of yours in this thread.  _________________
| Lind wrote: | | Apparently I was just the lucky asshole that showed up at the right time. |
I am a Dick, hear me roar-
Me, an OVP Lifer... |
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Busryder Samba SuperHero

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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After the link above dies, the image ol' Velve here is trying to illustrate, a Jersey Looker, will still be view-able to others that frequent this thread in the future.
Just doing my duty here... don't mind me.
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| Lind wrote: | | Apparently I was just the lucky asshole that showed up at the right time. |
I am a Dick, hear me roar-
Me, an OVP Lifer... |
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duhbrr Samba Member

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Busryder wrote: |
After the link above dies, the image ol' Velve here is trying to illustrate, a Jersey Looker, will still be view-able to others that frequent this thread in the future.
Just doing my duty here... don't mind me.
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I posted an image in the jersey looker thread too  _________________ 1967 L518 Type 1 |
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Busryder Samba SuperHero

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Personally, I think that this one is one of the more tastefully done examples.... and I just thought that this image shoulda been preserved properly.
Thanks duhbrr...  _________________
| Lind wrote: | | Apparently I was just the lucky asshole that showed up at the right time. |
I am a Dick, hear me roar-
Me, an OVP Lifer... |
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bugcollections Samba Member

Joined: November 07, 2007 Posts: 679 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 6:55 am Post subject: freak |
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I like this one.
[img] [/img] |
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JOGR  Samba Member

Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 1385 Location: Madison, WI
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Oh god that is horrible. _________________ Josh
check my ads!
I have adjustable width Rock-n-Roll beds in stock.
JOGR 131A Drifts and 24mm Reamers available. |
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slow36hp scott wimberley

Joined: August 09, 2004 Posts: 2904 Location: mukilteo washington
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 9:42 am Post subject: |
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that is more proof that being one of a kind is a good thing _________________ 1958 custom camper
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=483656
1958 deluxe Parts needed
1 rear hatch
2 rear pressed bumper trim
3 locking t handle
4 safaris
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Busryder Samba SuperHero

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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 10:32 am Post subject: |
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| slow36hp wrote: | | that is more proof that being one of a kind is not necessarily a good thing |
Now this statement works well.....  _________________
| Lind wrote: | | Apparently I was just the lucky asshole that showed up at the right time. |
I am a Dick, hear me roar-
Me, an OVP Lifer... |
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Matt Miller Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Something I can't help but notice is the uneven spacing between the checkerboard on the belt line. Tape measures aren't that hard to use. |
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bugcollections Samba Member

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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:19 pm Post subject: freak |
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| Matt Miller wrote: | | Something I can't help but notice is the uneven spacing between the checkerboard on the belt line. Tape measures aren't that hard to use. |
Hmmm! I took that picture and have looked at it many times. Never noticed that. I think it's a case of being so ugly you can't see the trees for the forest. |
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61TXghia Samba Member

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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: freak |
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| bugcollections wrote: | I like this one.
[img] [/img] | Kind of looks like a storm trooper. Man, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. LOL _________________ 61 Ghia
62 Standard Type 2 (Nothing Fancy)
my bus: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=464719
| bill may wrote: | | Camping is cheaper than therapy. |
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BarryL  Samba Member

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Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 6:52 am Post subject: |
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The ultimate Barndoor but with fried eggs. I wonder what's behind the huge gas door: the huge barndoor filler?
| Busryder wrote: |
I wrote a rather lengthy research paper...drawing a vague 'weaponization' connection)... |
Huge advances are made during times of "weaponization". I see what may have become the wide hatch glass and width. What year is that bus? |
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fig Samba Member

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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:20 am Post subject: |
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FTR:
_________________ fig
Kaapse Kombi Kult
"Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus ..." |
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velvetgreen Samba Member

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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 11:47 am Post subject: |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the above bus looks like the love child of a bus, an outdoor storage shed, far too many rivets and an airstream.
bonus marks for using the hacked out bulkhead to cover the rear tires |
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jjjjack  Samba Member

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rustbus Samba Member

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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:56 am Post subject: |
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this came up locally, maybe its in here already i dont know
$2500 _________________ May of '72 Deluxe. 2.0L L-Jet CS & 091 trans conversion
my Bus thread |
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ferry Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:55 am Post subject: |
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this one will be for sale on the kieft en klok webshop ..so its shipped to europe ..
i hope the new owner will keep it this way ..i love it
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1972 type2 ,1961 bug ,type3 squareback`1973
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dickie Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:15 pm Post subject: sweet single cat |
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This was some farm project at one time. Hell of an all terain vehicle. But it was cut in half cleanly, and has since been rescued from the salvage yard. Sans heavy duty running gear. |
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